Farnham Estate
This Cavan Estate was granted to Sir Richard Waldron of Leicestershire, who called it Farnham after is bride’s familial name. In 1664 Bishop Robert Maxwell purchased Dromellan Castle in County Cavan from the Waldron family who were selling due to gambling debts. This was the beginning of the Maxwell family ties to Farnham that lasted until the start of the 21st century. Their family motto is: Je suis prêt (I am ready).
John Maxwell was ennobled in 1756 raising the status of what had now become the Farnham Estate. Many agricultural improvements were put into effect by Robert, Earl of Farnham from 1761. By 1777 the agricultural scientist Arthur Young said “…upon the whole Farnham is one of the finest places that I have ever seen in Ireland; the water wood and hill are all in great stile and abound in a variety of capabilities.” He also described the lakes as being “uncommonly beautiful; extensive and have a shore extremely varied.” There were around 100 labourers hired by Farnham estate to maintain the landscape.
In the early 20th century, the estate began to sell off some of the 24,000 statute acres of land. In 1921, Lord and Lady Farnham moved to England, taking the furniture to save it from the looting and burning of estate houses occurring due to the rebellion and civil war at that time. In 1923 the Land Act eliminated landlordism in Ireland; Lord Farnham had reduced the estate to the demesne lands which were still farmed intensively to keep finances in check.
Barry Owen Somerset Maxwell, 12th Baron Farnham was the last of the Maxwell family to live at Farnham House. After the Baron’s death in 2001, Farnham estate was sold to the McCabe family who developed it into a spa hotel. There are many amenities available at the hotel, from guest accommodation, day spa, restaurant, cellar bar, walking paths and a golf course.
The Cache
In order to find the coordinates for this cache you must visit the sites of the six other traditional caches in the series where you can find numbers. This may sound familiar, as the idea for the cache came from GC2JCTD Dartrey - Paradise Lost - Bonus Cache.
GC6JCA5 Steward's House
At GZ you will find yourself at a large gate. How many round bars are there on each side of the gate. Subtract 1 from your answer. Call this A.
GC6JCA6 Lady's Well
How many horizontal bars are there on the fence leading onto the golf course. Call the number B.
GC6JCA7 New View
How many letters are in the first word in the quotation marks on the sign at GZ. Call this C.
GC6JCA8 Workers Cottages
At On the back of the sign at GZ there is a year. What is the fourth digit in this year. Call your answer D.
GC6JCA9 Saw Mill
Across the road from GZ are two telephone poles, one of which has an even number for the last digit of its identification number. Call this digit E.
GC6JCAA Schoolhouse
At GZ are two hydrant markers. Each marker has two numbers on it. All these numbers end in the same digit. Call this F.
The cache is a regular size tablock box, hidden about three kilometres from the listed coords. It contains a bit of swag, FTF prize and a few trackables.
The cache can be found at:
N 54 02.(A-9)(B-6)(C-4) W 007 23.(D+2)(E-4)(F+1)
